Darker Shade of Pale - HER FREEDOM
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Hundred dollar bills in tidy stacks, banded together with a very official strip of paper. "What? I don't understand."
"From the gold. This was your cut."
"Wow. I don't know what to say. Thank you. You don't need to, though."
"I know. But for three years I've sat on it. I want you to have it."
"What happened to your homestead?"
"I had to move, per big brother."
"That sucks. I loved it up there."
"So did I. Now I'm in Yuma. Got a business going."
"Oh, do tell." I was curious how Tyb reconciled his wilderness man to city living.
"I run a farming-coop and live in a modified earthship. I was uh, wondering if you were considering a change in career. I could use a partner."
"I don't know anything about running a business, Tyb."
"The position I had in mind was more of the girlfriend kind." His eyes looked upon me, expectantly.
My heart swelled. He was right, that dawn three years ago. Nothing is writ in stone that time cannot change. "I think I would like that."
About the Author
Mandi Rei Serra
Raised in Northern California as a middle child (and only girl) she devoured books as soon as she could heft them from the book shelf.
Been all over the western half of the United States, absorbing knowledge from the little enclaves of culture. It's amazing what 50 miles can do to change the mindset of people. Amazing.
Now a thirty-something geek penning homage to all sorts of nifty things and raising two minions to do my bidding.
Anthropology, History, Geology, Theology, Psychology and weird stuff garner my interest pretty quickly. Quirkier, the better.
Mandi Rei’s website and blog, because different strokes for different folks: www.MandiReiSerra.com and www.MandiReiSerra.blogspot.com and for the Tweeps, www.twitter.com/MandiReiSerra
Mandi Rei Serra’s erotica-writing alter ego: Alana Twincannon’s blog for updates and saucy snippets: www.tawdryerotica.blogspot.com and on Twitter @AlanaTwincannon
OTHER WORK AVAILABLE ON KINDLE
A Toast to Starry Nights /romance|dark humor|psychology|past lives|sarcasm|Ireland|sex|ex boyfriends|cannabis in California Mountains/
Darker Shade of Pale – HER ESCAPE /romance, domestic abuse, science/